Parents were off taking Toby out for dinner, and Cecil was covering the excuse for him. He had a spare of the knock-out capsules, body armor, and some opened cans of tuna out for his guest, just so she wouldn't attack food in the grocery store.

It was a late Saturday afternoon and just beginning to ease into the evening hours outside, the inside of the home was neatly furnished and well kept, not a mote of dust anywhere. And given that this was only a fascade house for coverstories that was some accomplishment of cleaning in itself for a living room that size.

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"...yeah, this isn't my home. It's a house I use for when I want to bring people from Milliways over." Tyler answers. "Humans tend to live together in groups inside of homes, so if I used my door back home, I'd have to answer a bunch of questions about where you came from."

Which Tyler obviously wants to avoid, because no one likes getting grilled on a subject for two hours.

"This house belongs to a friend who goes to Milliways, and he's okay with me using it like this."

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"I figured we'd test out your human disguise, and go shopping for ideas on what to do for your party here...you can explore inside this house if you'd like, since we'll host the party here to save trouble."

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She follows him, with the distinct air of whiskers twitching and ears perking.

(Bathroom, bathtub, shower stall, bedroom ... Tyler's using all the silly-sounding highblood terms for everything from the respiteblock to the ablution trap. It's funny; it's also making her miss Equius.)

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It's kind of nice actually, things are warm and there're other humans strolling down the street, though on the otherside. There's the sounds of play coming from a couple of yards and some kids who zip by laughing on bikes on the street.

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A couple more zip past on razor scooters further down the street, give thanks for the residential neighborhood. For there are plenty of kids within spitting distance of the house and no one's really going to question things.

It's a good long walk to the store, and somewhere in the distance, there's an ice cream truck playing it's siren tune.

Tyler's watching a few of the other kids in the neighborhood, thoughtfully...